For one, there were no free samples. You went through the entire exhibit, the end making you really hungry, then turns out you don't get any free chocolate! It makes it seem like they WANT you to buy the chocolate in the gift shop. That can't be the case. Sure this exhibit was free with museum entry but you could of at least given people a bit of chocolate, that's pretty much what people came for! And then there was the first half of the exhibition. It was all about how chocolate is made from cacao seeds and how the ancient Mayans used chocolate. They could of made that entire half the size and added a chocolate making demonstration! This whole thing was a disappointment, and the chocolate museum in Brussels that we went to was much better, with a kitchen showing how truffles are made and letting you taste them. People don't really care about dead Mayans who ruined chocolate with pepper, they care about sugar! And that brings me to the next part: A giant arch that says: Chocolate meets Sugar! There was a video of sugar being added to chocolate with nice music. There was a little kid dancing to the music then her parents dragged her away from the room. She started crying because she wanted to dance to the music and her parents wouldn't let her. Poor kid... AND THERE WAS STILL NO CHOCOLATE! YOU BASTARDS! NEVER AGAIN! I RATE THIS EXHIBIT 10! out of 100. Don't go to the chocolate exhibit, I don't think it's worth it.
Good part of the museum: Someone had this shirt.
It filled me with determination.
CHOCOLATE! Nice slice idea.
ReplyDeleteHa ha. I'm not sure whether to be amused or insulted (As my unit pretty much focused on the Mesoamerican uses of chocolate) or both (I am not actually insulted. Just amused.) But if you want hands-on stuff, you should appreciate Ghirardelli Chocolate in San Francisco! That is, if it is the one I am remembering, with the conveyer belts on the ceiling.(Imagines Zack let loose in Ghirardelli's... shudders...)
ReplyDeleteAhhh, but I see you learned something. Specifically, you learned that the dead Mayans put pepper in your chocolate and that little kids dance at the thought of sugar being added to cocao. Well worth the visit imho.
ReplyDeleteWell now that I am hungry for chocolate, I will comment. I like that you are honest and don't try to sugar coat it (ha!). I also like that put reasoning behind why you didn't like it because it makes it believable.
ReplyDeleteGHIRARDELLI! GHIRARDELLI! I haven't gone to see the chocolate exhibit yet, but I will keep this slice in mind.
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